112 STORIFYING. 



Mr. THORLEY'S SON improved the method of 

 his father. The indefatigable Mr. WILDMAN de- 

 voted much of his time to the same subject : to 

 him we are principally indebted for the present 

 perfection of bee-boxes, and particularly for ob- 

 taining fresh honey throughout the season, by 

 means of small glasses ranged upon a flat-topped 

 hive. Vide pages 93 and 99. 



" But faintly, Rome, thy waxen cities shone 

 Through the dim lantern or refractive stone, 

 And faintly Albion saw her film-wing'd train 

 Glance evanescent through the latticed pane, 

 Ere Wildman's art unveiFd the straw- girt round, 

 Its broad expanse with crystal vases crown'd, 

 And each full vase, like Amalthaea's horn, 

 For Man successive graced the festal morn." 



EVANS. 



MADAME VICAT, a very ingenious lady in Switzer- 

 land, published, in the Memoirs of the Berne 

 Society, some very judicious Observations on bees 

 and hives. She was the first who hinted, that 

 upon the storifying plan, the duplets and triplets 

 should always be placed under the full hives ; as 

 the bees, in constructing fresh works, evidently 

 prefer descending to ascending. 



Lastly, we have Mr. KEYS'S very useful book, 

 " The ancient Bee-master's Farewell" which has 

 long been a standard work to the practical apia- 

 rian. 



